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    The Health Reformer's Cook Book
    The Health Reformer's Cook Book
    The Health Reformer's Cook Book
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    The Health Reformer's Cook Book

    By Lucretia Jackson

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     Once life and culture had stabilized in the 19th century and moved beyond the frontier focus on subsistence and survival, Americans began to explore the idea of improving health and creating more comfortable lifestyles. Health reform in the late 19th century emerged from the idea that a healthy body and practicing moderation in daily living were necessary to a spiritual, meaningful existence. From these ideas, the vegetarian philosophy was codified, and The Health Reformer’s Cook Book embraced trends that still have significance today. 

     As stated in the book, it’s “object is to restore the sick to health by means of . . . pure air, pure water, sun-light, sleep, proper clothing, judicious exercise, healthful food, pleasant social influences, &c., excluding all poisonous drugs.” The Health Reformer’s Cook Book is based on the methods and beliefs that Jackson and her husband actually employed at a health facility founded by her husband. Following the health reform ideals of the time, Jackson included recipes to limit excessive eating and following a vegetarian diet focused on simple meals of fruits, vegetables, and grains—all trends that still resonant with health experts today. This edition of The Health Reformer’s Cook Book was reproduced by permission from the volume in the collection of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1812 by Isaiah Thomas, a Revolutionary War patriot and successful printer and publisher, the Society is a research library documenting the life of Americans from the colonial era through 1876. The Society collects, preserves, and makes available as complete a record as possible of the printed materials from the early American experience. The cookbook collection includes approximately 1,100 volumes.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAndrews McMeel Publishing
    Release dateApr 16, 2013
    ISBN9781449428525
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      The Health Reformer's Cook Book - Lucretia Jackson

      This edition of The Health Reformer's Cook Book by Lucretia E. Jackson was reproduced by permission from the volume in the collection of the American Antiquarian Society (AAS), Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1812 by Isaiah Thomas, a Revolutionary War patriot and successful printer and publisher, the Society is a research library documenting the life of Americans from the colonial era through 1876. AAS aims to collect, preserve, and make available as complete a record as possible of the printed materials from the early American experience. The cookbook collection includes approximately 1,100 volumes.

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      THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY

      COOKBOOK COLLECTION

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      The American Family Keepsake, by The Good Samaritan

      Apician Morsels, by Dick Humelbergius Secundus

      The Art of Dining, and the Art of Attaining High Health, by Thomas Walker

      California Recipe Book, by Ladies of California

      The Canadian Housewife’s Manual of Cookery

      Canoe and Camp Cookery, by Seneca

      The Compleat Housewife, by Eliza Smith

      Confederate Receipt Book

      The Cook Not Mad

      The Cook's Own Book, and Housekeeper's Register, by Mrs. N.K.M. Lee

      Cottage Economy, by William Cobbett

      Dainty Dishes, by Lady Harriet E. St. Clair

      Dairying Exemplified, by Josiah Twamley

      De Witt's Connecticut Cook Book, and Housekeeper's Assistant, by Mrs. N. Orr

      Every Lady's Cook Book, Mrs. T.J. Crowen

      Fifteen Cent Dinners for Families of Six, by Juliet Corson

      The Frugal Housewife, by Susannah Carter

      The Hand-Book of Carving

      The Housekeeper’s Manual

      How to Mix Drinks, by Jerry Thomas

      Jewish Cookery Book, by Esther Levy

      Miss Leslie’s New Cookery Book, by Eliza Leslie

      Modern Domestic Cookery, and Useful Receipt Book, by W. A. Henderson

      Mrs. Hale’s New Cook Book,  by Mrs. Sarah J. Hale

      Mrs. Owen’s Illinois Cook Book, by Mrs. T.J.V. Owens

      Mrs. Porter’s New Southern Cookery Book, by Mrs. M.E. Porter

      The New Housekeeper’s Manual, by Catherine E. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe

      The New England Cook Book

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      The Physiology of Taste, by Jean A. Brillat-Savarin

      Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats, by Eliza Leslie

      The Times’ Recipes, by The New York Times

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      Vegetable Diet, by William Alcott

      The Virginia Housewife, by Mary Randolph

      What to Do with the Cold Mutton

      The Young Housekeeper, by William Alcott

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      OUR HOME ON THE HILL-SIDE,

      Is a Health, or Hygienic Institution, located In Dansville, Livingston Co., N. Y. It's object is to restore the sick to health by means of the agencies provided by God for the preservation of health, such as pure air, pure water, sun-light, sleep, proper clothing, judicious exercise, healthful food, pleasant social influences, &c, excluding all poisonous drugs, and all other means and agencies, which in their nature tend to injure persons in health if used by them; and also to so instruct them in regard to the Laws of Life, and Health, as that they may not again be liable to take on the diseases which are every where so prevalent, and which to a very great degree, are the result of false habits of living. It Is also a place much resorted to by persons who are not sick, but who desire to become familiar with the philosophy of life taught here, that they may regulate their households upon a plan, which is in accordance with the laws of the human organization, and thus preserve them In the enjoyment of good health.

      There are during the whole year from seventy-five, to a hundred and fifty invalids, under treatment, in the Institution. Many of these resort hither, after having been sick for years, and after having tried, without benefit, all the common methods of treatment of disease. Many of them are very feeble, and many of them have been given up as hopeless,.by their former physicians. They come here with every form of Acute, and Chronic disease, common to this latitude. They come from far, and near, from every part of our own country, and from Canada; and it is not too much to say, that ninety five per cent of all who visit this establishment, are either entirely cured, or so much benefitted as to be perfectly satisfied with their improvement. The proprietors feel necessarily this character, as can bo found in this country. The scenery is exceedingly beautiful. The country around abounds in most delightful drives, and walks. The water is soft, pure, and abundant. The air is salubrious. The climate is mild and healthful, and all the fruits of this latitude, grow here in abundance. The pleasant and thriving village of Dansville, with its numerous churches, and stores, its flourishing Seminary, its telegraph express and livery facilities, &c, is so near as to have its centre-of business reached by a moderate walk of fifteen minutes, and yet is so far away as to leave the Institution, and its surroundings entirely free from its noise, confusion and dust. The house is large, airy, well ventilated, and is kept clean and nice, and in the best order, in all its departments. It Is generously supplied with workers, who are earnest, faithful, and devoted to then business. Its Physicians mingle daily with the patients, looking carefully after the coir ditious of each case, and treating each upon its own merits.

      The attractions of the Institution have been added to by the erection of an elegant Ilall sixty feet long by thirty-two feet broad, and eighteen feet high, (opened on the 1st of Feb., 1864, to bo used for all assemblies of the patients for religious meetings, lectures, amusements, &c

      A new and very fine Hotel has also been built at the foot of the hill, about twenty-five rods below the Institution, for the accommodation of the many visitors to the place. It to very pleasantly located, and is under the excellent management of Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Brewster.

      The physician-in-chief of Our Home is

      JAMES

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